Garment-stay.



H. KONIG. GARMENT STAY.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1912.

1,056,692., Patented Mal a-18, 1913.

INVENTOR Mums,

in place.

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HERMAN KUI l'IG, 6F BRABDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-STAY.-

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

delineation filed August 28, 1912. Serial No. 717,636.

l To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, HERMAN Konro, a. citizen-of the United States ofAmerica, residing tit Braddock, in the countyoi Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented oertein new end, useful Improvements inGarment-Stays, of which the following is a. specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a garment stay or stidener, and-the primaryobject of my invention is to provide a. strong, durable and inexpensivestay or stiil'ener that is ca-' pnble of yielding or being flexed ineither direction. and at the some time possess suilicient rigidity orstiffness to cause the garment to set or lay smoothly and gracefully orto support the person of the wearer and. which may be readily appliedand secured A further object of this invention is to provide wire staysfor corsets or analogous garments consisting of a continuous Wire whichis curved at intervals to form a succession, of uniforinloops extendingthrough out the length of the stay, the formation of the loops beingsiicii as to impart great strength and compactness to the structure andrender the semecepehle of resisting excessive strains, especiallyedgewis'c deflection.

' l attain the above objects by e mechanical construction that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed and reference willnow be had to the drawing, wherein:-.

Figure l is e'plzni of a portion of the stay, and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional View of the some.

In the drawing there is illustrated a piece of Wire designated 2 whichis bent to provide a plurality of loops 3 and at that are in ahorizontal plane. The loops 3 form the side edges of the stay with theloops extending into and abutting against the loops 3. The manner oflooping the wire pro vides practically a flat solid body that can beused as o stiilener in connection with various-kinds of garments. Theinner loops l reinforce the outer loops 3 and with all of said loopscontacting, as best shown in Fig. 2, the stay has great rigidity.

What I claim is:--

1 l. A garment stay mode of a single piece of wire bent to providecontacting inner and outer loops, the inner loops reinforcing the outerloops, said inner and outer loops extending in the same plane.

2. A. garment stay comprising ii piece of wire bent to provide large andsmall loops all arranged in a common plane with the small loopsextending into the large loops, said large loops forming the side edgesof said stay.

In testimony whereof I eilix my siglm-turc in the presence of twoWitnesses.

HERMAN KONlG.

lVitnesses: I I

MAX H. Snonovrrz, KATHERINE E'nRE'r'r.

